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By Keith Idec MORE than a week of worldwide skepticism prompted Jake Paul’s promotional partner to issue a statement Monday morning in which Nakisa Bidarian defended the legitimacy of Paul’s dull heavyweight fight with Mike Tyson. Critics contend that the 27-year-old Paul and the 58-year-old Tyson had some sort of silent agreement that rendered their

PARIS 2024 Olympian Pat Brown has signed a professional contract with Matchroom Boxing. The promotional outfit had been teasing some big news in recent days via social media and the announcement was made official at 10am today. Brown, who grew up watching Ricky Hatton, is a fellow Mancunian and celebrated his 25th birthday earlier this

EDGAR Berlanga may be a couple of months removed from his first career loss, but the brash New Yorker has been engaging in some angry social media exchanges as he lines up his next move. Berlanga was dropped by Saul ‘Canelo’ Alvarez in Las Vegas while challenging for three of the super-middleweight belts but battled

AN eight-round fight on November 30 for Callum Smith will lead to a “big, big fight” in 2025 his promoter Eddie Hearn has said. Speaking on Matchroom Boxing’s YouTube channel, Hearn discussed the return of Smith, 29-2 (21 KOs), who hasn’t fought since his January loss in Canada to light-heavyweight supremo Artur Beterbiev. The defeat

SHAKUR STEVENSON will need a new opponent if he is to return on February 22 in Riyadh. The WBC lightweight champion hasn’t fought since a routine title defence victory against Artem Harutyunyan in July. Stevenson was set to fight on October 12 against Joe Cordina but a hand injury which required surgery cancelled the American’s

BRADLEY Rea says it’s time to push on now after picking up the Commonwealth Silver light-heavyweight title with a thumping third-round stoppage of Adam Hepple. The Farnworth headliner, along with the rest of the card, was streamed on Boxing News’ YouTube channel. Rea’s raking bodywork had Hepple down and nearly out in the opener, but

IN an interesting move going forward, Teofimo Lopez has added top trainer Eddy Reynoso to his team. The hook-up is unsurprising given the blossoming relationship between Lopez and Reynoso’s prize asset, Canelo Alvarez. ‘The Takeover’ has been invited out to train with Canelo in the past and the pair recently enjoyed some light sparring. It

by Keith Idec PATERSON, New Jersey – Shadasia Green would gladly give Savannah Marshall an opportunity to win back one of the super middleweight titles the hard-hitting Brit abandoned to launch her mixed martial arts career. Marshall, of Hartlepool, England, is one of the three opponents Green has targeted now that she has won the

HARLEM Eubank got the job done over eight rounds in Newcastle, defeating Nurali Erdogan on points in a scrappy welterweight debut. “Sometimes styles just don’t gel,” understated analyst Barry Jones, 20 seconds before the foul fest ended. The judges handed in scores of 77-73 (Neil Close), 79-70 (Terry O’Connor) and 77-72 (Darren Sarginson), all in

Harlem Eubank vs. Nurali Erdogan – Boxing Betting Prediction HARLEM Eubank returns to the ring for the first time in over a year, taking on Nurali Erdogan in Newcastle. This is Eubank’s first dip into welterweight waters against a former French champion at 147. Eubank (1/16) is a strong favourite here to score win number

By Simon Euan-Smith THERE was a ‘full house’ at London’s Connaught Rooms on October 20 for a tribute lunch for John Conteh, MBE. The event was put on by London EBA Secretary/Treasurer Ray Caulfield and long-time LEBA benefactor Scott Ewing (John is a LEBA Vice-President) to mark the 50th anniversary of John’s winning the vacant

Article was first published in the October 24, 2024 issue of Boxing News by Shaun Brown ROBBIE DAVIES JR did not want to be a stepping stone for some up-and-coming prospect. If his career began to stumble down that path he would have retired. After his memorable defeat to Sergey Lipinets in May, a fifth

JAI OPETAIA could make the fourth defence of his IBF cruiserweight title on January 8 in Australia. The 29-year-old’s potential opponent is mandatory challenger Huseyin ‘The Hurricane’ Cinkara, 22-0 (18 KOs), a 39-year-old German-born Turkish fighter who made his professional debut in June 2016. Cinkara grabbed the mandatory spot after winning a final eliminator against

GEORGE KAMBOSOS JR. has a new weight class and a new co-promoter. Boxing News has learned that Eddie Hearn’s Matchroom Boxing has partnered with DiBella Entertainment, Kambosos’ longtime promoter, to represent the former unified lightweight champion. Australia’s Kambosos is expected to move up to the super lightweight division for his next fight as well, which

EIMANTAS Stanionis will defend his WBA welterweight world title against mandatory challenger Shakhram Giyasov, with the exact date yet to be decided. After the sanctioning body ordered the pair to fight, purse bids were cancelled as the respective parties managed to thrash out a deal. Stanionis had been vocal about a fight with Jaron ‘Boots’

By Eric Armit JAKE PAUL outpointed Mike Tyson in what hardly even qualifies as a sparring session. Despite wearing a knee brace and having limited mobility, Tyson was able to get to Paul in the first scoring round with a left and overhand right. Paul landed a right, but it was Tyson’s round. Paul had

BY DECLAN TAYLOR WHEN Nathan Heaney’s hand was raised at the Manchester Arena in November last year, the world went momentarily blurry for Denzel Bentley. The Londoner had been an overwhelming favourite to retain his British middleweight title against the popular challenger from Stoke but after 12 rounds in Manchester, the belt was gone and

by Keith Idec JAKE PAUL and Mike Tyson didn’t deliver much entertainment value once the opening bell rang for their eight-round heavyweight fight Friday night in Arlington, Texas. Fans of both boxers and gawkers worldwide definitely delivered for them, though. Paul’s MVP Promotions announced Tuesday that the announced crowd of 72,300 at the Dallas Cowboys’